Custom Box Config- Please Comment

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Hey. I’m putting together a custom box to play PE and WOW at home. (no more alt-tab when the boss walks in the room). Below is a list of the components I am planning to put together. Could you folks take a look and let me know if there’s any potential conflicts between these components, or if there’s a compareable product of equal or less cost that would work just as well?

Motherboard/CPU: BioStar Combo w/AMD Sempro 2200, NIS2004 $129CDN
Video: ATI Radeon 9200 SE, 128MDDR $45CDN
Memory: 512M DDR 333 $49CDN
HD: Maxtor 40GB $54CDN
CD: Aopen 56xCD-ROM $20CDN
Case: Generic Case $20CDN

My main goal is to make this happen on a budget. Trying to come in under $400CDN for everything, including assembly charges.

Comments? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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I would invest 1-2GB ram and some silent case. Nexus Breeze for example.

And of course you need 120GB HDD for HoF screenies :slight_smile:

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and some earphones, u don’t want those snablesnots to yell to whole neighbourhood:))

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May I ask a question too??
I have a ATI 9600 SE & 512 RAM and PE doesn’t always run properly, I need time to see teleporters and buildings for examples, does it come from RAM or from graphic card??

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[QUOTE=KASSAD]
May I ask a question too??
I have a ATI 9600 SE & 512 RAM and PE doesn’t always run properly, I need time to see teleporters and buildings for examples, does it come from RAM or from graphic card??
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get another 1gb of ram if you can afford it or another 512 would make things run better

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More memory… I run on 2.5 Gig at home, which seems to do the job :wink:

And maybe a keyboard and mouse ?

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ok ty :slight_smile:
I think I’ll buy 512 RAM, It’s cheaper now.

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[QUOTE=Jeroen3219]
More memory… I run on 2.5 Gig at home, which seems to do the job :wink:

And maybe a keyboard and mouse ?
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I’ve got all the peripherals (mouse, KB, monitor, speakers etc) taken care of already. I’m canibalizing those from a previous system. Just need the CPU.

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i run a machine with only a 30gig HD drive so depending on what you do with your machine 40gig will suffice as long as you dont mind un-installing games etc when your finished with em :slight_smile:

looking at your choice of gfx card though, i dont know how cheap $45cnd is,
but the ‘SE’ range of radeon are the bottom of the line budget range, if for a few dollars more you can get a card thats not SE it may be worth considering, as it would have much faster memory on it :wink:

just an idea :slight_smile:

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Video: ATI Radeon 9200 SE, 128MDDR $45CDN

No matter how cheap this is, it’s a waste of $. Use the built in graphics chip and spend the $45 on more RAM instead.

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[QUOTE=Darkaner]
No matter how cheap this is, it’s a waste of $. Use the built in graphics chip and spend the $45 on more RAM instead.
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Since VU 7.4 I haven’t had much luck with built in graphics chips.